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The R+L Carriers Hometown Showcase visited the newest R+L Carriers service center in Sanger, Texas over the weekend. Located directly north of the thriving Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, this service center will help R+L Carriers continue to exceed customer expectations and provide excellent customer service. Operations for the new service center are slated to begin on April 29, 2019.

Operations for the new service center are slated to begin on April 29, 2019.

R+L Carriers Sanger, Texas Service Center

Job seekers were greeted by friendly R+L staff and invited to tour the custom Hometown Showcase hauler, receive prizes and learn more about the many job opportunities that will be available in Sanger in the near future. The new service center that is located on 4000 N. Stemmons Freeway is currently hiring for various shifts and multiple positions including:

If you are interested in applying for a position, please visit our Career Site or reach out to the R+L Carriers Recruiting Department at 866-200-1600 or recruit@rlcarriers.com.

If you are interested in applying for a position, please visit our Career Site or reach out to the R+L Carriers Recruiting Department at 866-200-1600 or recruit@rlcarriers.com. Follow R+L Carriers on social media for the official Grand Opening Announcement in April.

The Hometown Showcase and R+L Carriers were proud to be the official transportation provider for The Munford High School Band and their march to Pasadena, California.

Meeting in Munford

We first met the Munford High School marching band in September of 2018 when the Hometown Showcase took a trip to Munford High School. It was here that members of the R+L Carriers Hometown Showcase team shared exciting careers in transportation and logistics with Munford students, and the possibility of being the official transportation provider for the Munford Band was first discussed. Hundreds of bands from around the country apply to perform in the parade and the application process is in-depth. Through much communication and careful planning, our discussions soon became reality.

The March to Pasadena, California

Transportation for the equipment and uniforms was covered by R+L Carriers, but the students and their fans traveled by plane to California. As if there wasn’t enough stress involved in getting over 200 band members, their equipment, and their fans ready to play an event over 1900 miles from home, Mother Nature delivered some inclement weather and half the band ended up getting stuck at a Texas airport. Thankfully, a little December storm couldn’t keep this band from making it to the Rose Bowl Parade in time!

Transportation for the equipment and uniforms was covered by R+L Carriers.

130th Tournament of Roses

On New Year’s Day, the entire band and all their equipment had arrived safely and they were ready to march, but there was one more unexpected event! Toward the end of the parade, the Rose Bowl float directly in front of the band started to smoke and quickly caught on fire! Although no one was hurt, emergency vehicles were called in and the extra time needed to clear the disabled float nearly kept Munford from being in the televised broadcast. As the saying goes, “All’s well that ends well.” At the very end of the broadcast, the Munford Band took to the streets of Pasadena for the 2019 Rose Bowl Parade. We know there were plenty of parents, grandparents, band supporters and friends breathing a sigh of relief when their band finally appeared.

“R+L Carriers commends the Munford High School Marching Band for this achievement and for being an outstanding example to their community, confirming what hard work and dedication can accomplish,” said Gregory Bronner, Vice President of Marketing, R+L Carriers. Selection for this once-in-a-lifetime experience is a testimony to the accomplishments of the Munford High School students. We are honored to support this opportunity in partnership with R+L Carriers Hometown Showcase.”

Congratulations to the Munford High School Marching Band on a job well done and thank you for allowing the R+L Carriers’ Hometown Showcase, to be a part of this exciting event!

If you are interested in the Hometown Showcase coming to your school to talk about career opportunities in transportation and logistics, contact us today!

The R+L Carriers Hometown Showcase was proud to present Jenna M. with the Achievement Award during our recent visit to Cedar Cliff High School in Cedarville, Ohio. Cedar Cliff High School Principal Chad Haemmerle nominated Jenna for being a tremendous ambassador for Cedar Cliff School. Jenna is positive, reliable, responsible, and a good influence on her peers. Mr. Haemmerle said,

“Jenna persevered through tough times last year with grace and finesse.”

About the Hometown Showcase Achievement Award

R+L Carriers Hometown Achievement Awards are an opportunity for teachers and administrators to acknowledge students who make a difference in the classroom and within the community. This award highlights individuals who demonstrate sportsmanship, academic excellence, exceptional character and commitment to their community.

If you know someone at your school that deserves to be nominated for this award, contact us today for more information!

The R+L Carriers Hometown Showcase was proud to present Carsyn S. with the Achievement Award during our recent visit to Xenia High School in Ohio. Faculty member Debb Dunteman nominated Carsyn for putting her full effort into the classroom as well as extracurricular activities like swimming, student council, and National Honors Society. Carsyn’s exceptional character trait is her positivity. She uses her unique sense of humor to promote school spirit and a positive environment at the high school, as well as through community service projects. Debb said,

“If you are at a high school event, you will most likely see Carsyn participating in some way.”

Congratulations Carsyn!

The R+L Carriers Hometown Showcase was proud to present Carsyn S. with the Achievement Award during our recent visit to Xenia High School in Ohio.

About the Hometown Showcase Achievement Award

R+L Carriers Hometown Achievement Awards are an opportunity for teachers and administrators to acknowledge students who make a difference in the classroom and within the community. This award highlights individuals who demonstrate sportsmanship, academic excellence, exceptional character and commitment to their community.

If you know someone at your school that deserves to be nominated for this award, contact us today for more information!

R+L Carriers is proud to have presented Kelli U. of McClain High School in Greenfield, Ohio with the Hometown Showcase Achievement Award on October 5. Kelli, a senior at McClain High School was nominated by McClain High School Principal Jason Potts. She was presented with the award at the Friday night football game after our team was able to interact with students around logistics career opportunities in the classroom. After the presentations to students, we blocked off the streets, rolled in our interactive hauler for the community, and had some Hometown Showcase fun!

We blocked off the streets, rolled in our interactive hauler for the community, and had some Hometown Showcase fun at McClain High School.

McClain High School Senior Kelli U.

Mr. Potts told us that he nominated Kelli as she is an excellent student, student-athlete, and all-around great young lady. He also informed us that Kelli represents McClain High School exceptionally in her various school affiliations.

Kelli is involved in several extracurricular activities such as soccer, basketball, and FFA, and she was named Team Captain of the McClain Lady Tiger Varsity Soccer Team.

“Obtaining this [Team Captain] position has allowed me to successfully lead my team to our greatest potential”, Kelli told us.

She is also a member of the National Honor Society, where members of this nationwide organization are selected based on their scholarship, leadership, service, and character.

Kelli credits her leadership skills largely to participating in the McClain High School FFA program. She told us that public speaking was a weakness during her freshman year and the thought of giving a speech in front of 25 of her classmates was daunting. After three years of hard work, Kelli stood in front of 600 FFA members and guests and delivered a speech on the topic of leadership at an FFA banquet for her chapter. She credits learning from those closest to her with teaching her how to be a leader.

“Above all, Kelli has high integrity”, McClain High School principal Jason Potts added.

R+L Carriers Carriers Hometown Showcase Achievement Award

R+L Carriers Hometown Achievement Awards is an opportunity for teachers and administrators to acknowledge students who make a difference in the classroom and within the community. This award highlights individuals who demonstrate sportsmanship, academic excellence, exceptional character and commitment to their community. If you know someone in your school that deserves to be nominated, contact us today for more information.

During our recent trip to Memphis, Tennessee area, R+L Carriers presented Alexis C. of Munford High School with the Hometown Showcase Achievement Award. Alexis also was the recipient of the Hometown Showcase $1,000 scholarship. According to Munford High School Principal Courtney Fee,

“Alexis is the epitome of a strong student maintaining a 4.0 GPA throughout her four years of high school.”

R+L Carriers presented Alexis C. of Munford High School with the Hometown Showcase Achievement Award and $1,000 scholarship.

Called by her nickname “Lexie” by those who know her the closest, Alexis competes on the varsity cross country team, varsity track and field team, and the Lady Cougar Soccer Team. When it comes to handling adversity and maintaining a positive attitude, Alexis is seen as a leader not only by faculty at Munford High School but also to her peers. Munford High School Principal Courtney Fee also told us,

“She has made our school a much better place because of her sunny disposition and her commitment to being a Cougar.”

Logistics Career Opportunities

Munford High School students, including Alexis, were able to engage with R+L Carriers employees and discuss career opportunities in logistics. Those career paths include:

Munford High School students were able to engage with R+L Carriers employees and discuss career opportunities in logistics.

Celebrate Munford

It just so happened that the Hometown Showcase was in Munford for the annual Celebrate Munford event, a day-long festival held in the downtown area of the community. The festival traditionally features vending areas and three entertainment stages, but this year it also featured the R+L Carriers Hometown Showcase! We couldn’t pass up the opportunity to bring our interactive hauler to the festival and have some more fun with the Munford community!

Munford police playing corn hole

Learn more about the Hometown Showcase

Our Hometown Showcase classroom presentation is a great way to help students realize how the transportation industry impacts daily life and the world’s economy.

Are you interested in nominating a student for the Hometown Showcase Achievement Award and having us come to speak to your students about logistics careers? Contact us today!

Supporting local communities is a driving force behind the mission of the R+L Carriers Hometown Showcase. During the months of April and May, our recruiting team went to several community events to showcase logistics career opportunities.

R+L Carriers Boston Terminal

In April we visited our terminal in Boston, MA where employees there were able to tour the hauler.

It’s always a pleasure to reward our employees, and in April we visited our terminal in Boston, MA where employees there were able to tour the hauler. They were also able to have some fun and play corn hole to win prizes. Our Hometown Showcase staff always comes equipped with t-shirts, footballs, and stadium seats to give away! Some employees even brought their family members to the terminal to tour the hauler too! You can view available positions in Boston on our Career Site.

Newark, NJ Open House

Our Newark, NJ terminal was also the recent location for an R+L Carriers Open House. Community members were able to talk with recruiters about career opportunities at the terminal. Touring the hauler also gave potential employees an inside look at the technology used inside the hauler and throughout the logistics industry. View open positions in Newark on our Career Site.

East End Elementary in Wilmington, Ohio

The main attraction for the East End students was definitely the Bose Ride simulator.

Students are never too young to learn about logistics. East End Elementary is located in our local community of Wilmington, OH, and our team had a great day with the Pre-K students. Our hauler was a perfect representation of the transportation unit they had been studying. The main attraction for the students was definitely the Bose Ride simulator that gave them a sense of what it’s like to be an actual truck driver. We are certain that we interacted with a few future truck drivers.

Clinton Massie Career Day

Located about 20 minutes from our headquarters in Wilmington, OH, our team traveled to Clinton Massie Middle School for Career Day. Middle School students enjoyed a presentation on how the logistics industry impacts their lives in a variety of ways. Students may not have been familiar with the term logistics, but when we showed them examples, they recognized its importance. After the presentation, students then toured our interactive hauler to get hands-on experience of the industry. Many students were given t-shirts and footballs as a reminder of their fun day learning about the logistics industry.

Touch a Truck

At each Touch A Truck event, kids and their families were able to interact with various vehicles like fire trucks, police cars, helicopters, and of course the R+L Carriers Hometown Showcase hauler.

It’s important for the next generation of logistics professionals to understand the role of trucking in our economy. Even though there are various careers in logistics, the backbone of the industry is the trucks moving freight. Our team attended two “Touch A Truck” events in Jamestown and Hamilton County. At each event, kids and their families were able to interact with various vehicles like fire trucks, police cars, helicopters, and of course the R+L Carriers Hometown Showcase hauler. Everyone in attendance had the opportunity to tour our hauler and win prizes. Those who wanted to learn about career opportunities were able to talk to our recruiters as well.

If you’re interested in bringing an interactive logistics experience to a city near you, contact us today for more information.

Technology is a driving force in the logistics industry and it is undeniable that we must invest in students, the next generation who will lead freight logistics and supply chain management. During the months of April and May, our recruiting team visited multiple technical colleges across the nation. Our goal was to educate students about technology-centric career fields at R+L Carriers.

Universal Technical Institute – Boston

Universal Technical Institute is an Automotive & Diesel Technical School. We visited the Norwood, Massachusetts campus to discuss automotive career opportunities available at the R+L Carriers Service Center located in neighboring Canton and around the country. Following the information session, students toured the interactive trailer and continued discussing logistics technology career opportunities.

Laurel Oaks

Laurel Oaks, located in our Hometown of Wilmington, Ohio, specializes in technical education for both high school and adult students. We had a blast with the high students and were thrilled to see their interest in mechanic and technology careers. The opportunity to interact with students in the classroom and at the hauler was exceptionally valuable. It was also thorough with the assistance of R+L Carriers employees who were on-site to provide a candid perspective of various technology career fields within the logistics industry.

Scarlet Oaks

After visiting Laurel Oaks, our team traveled to Scarlet Oaks located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The weather was beautiful and the campus was full of students enrolled in technology programs. Those programs included Automotive Technology, Industrial Diesel Mechanics, Web Applications, and Digital Arts and Design.

Lincoln Tech – Nashville

The Hometown Showcase hauler is no stranger to the Lincoln Technology campus located in Nashville, Tennessee. It is always an exciting time to visit the staff and students at this automotive college, which features real-world training facilities. Over 400 students toured the hauler and interacted with our staff. After looking inside the hauler and speaking with our recruiters, students were eager to apply for mechanic careers at R+L Carriers.

UNOH Career Fair

Founded in 1920, the University of Northwestern Ohio located in Lima, Ohio is one of the top diesel mechanic schools in the country. We parked our interactive hauler outside of the career center and set up a table inside so students could easily access our team to ask questions and enter a drawing to win $50 gifts cards for industrial tools manufacturer, Snap-on.

Technology will continue to be a critical part of the logistics industry and R+L Carriers will continue to educate students about the various career opportunities. If you are interested in the Hometown Showcase visiting your school or institution, contact us today!

Inspired by recent school visits within our hometown of Wilmington, Ohio, we were reminded of our key foundation. R+L Carriers Hometown Showcase is committed to educating and providing opportunities within the transportation and logistics industry to students of all ages, nationwide.

East End Elementary

Pre-K students at East End Elementary were learning about transportation and roads in class, so when the teachers called us to ask if we would give their students an interactive experience of transportation on the road, we said: “let’s do it!” The teachers told us the students were bursting with excitement before we arrived; the classes erupted with joy when they saw the first truck (a milk truck), through the classroom window. Finally, we arrived and their expressions were priceless! Of course, each of the students wanted to be first to ride the Bose Ride simulator. They had a blast imagining what it is like to be on the road as a truck driver. Prepared with questions, the students were curious about the types of food that drivers eat, where they sleep, and if they can bring their favorite pets on the road.

East End students enjoyed experiencing life on the road as a truck driver with our Bose Ride simulator.

Educating students in the East End Pre-K classes was fun for our team and we appreciate the students for their enthusiasm for transportation.

Laurel Oaks Career Campus

This was our first time visiting Laurel Oaks, which is a satellite campus of Great Oaks. The first thing that caught our eye was their vision statement which we immediately connected with. “Providing innovative career training to empower individuals and communities”. The transportation and logistics industry is full of innovative career opportunities and R+L Carriers Hometown Showcase is constantly striving to empower individuals and communities across America through education initiatives.

“I just wanted to thank you again for taking the time to visit our campus. Our students were excited about the opportunity to experience the activities in the truck. I hope we can work together in the future to benefit R&L and the students at Laurel Oaks.”

– Kevin E. Abt, Dean of Instruction Laurel Oaks Career Campus

Our recruiting team spent time with the Mechanics and Technology division and everyone enjoyed a classroom presentation regarding career opportunities that exist within the logistics industry. Those studying to be diesel mechanics were able to speak with R+L Carriers Mechanics, who were also in attendance, and students studying technology explored varies career paths in logistics, including:

.Net Developer

.Net Software Engineer

Business Analyst

Communications Technician

Graphics and Web Design

Laurel Oaks students toured our hauler to learn more about the logistics industry and heard a presentation about logistics career opportunities.

While one group of students at East End has just started their education journey to find a career path and another group of students at Laurel Oaks is getting ready to enter the workforce, educating students of all ages is important to the mission of the R+L Carriers Hometown Showcase. It’s never too early, or too late to be excited about opportunities in the logistics industry. If you are interested in our interactive hauler visiting your school or community, contact us today!

It is always a pleasure to engage with the students of Wilmington, Ohio. The R+L Carriers Hometown Showcase hauler was welcomed at the Wilmington College – Spring Career Fair which took place Wednesday, April 18, 2018. It may not have felt like Spring, but despite the unseasonably cold temperatures, we successfully delivered a preview of professional life and various career opportunities with R+L Carriers.

Wilmington College – Career Fair

Displayed outside of Herman Court, the R+L Carriers Hometown Showcase hauler and recruiting team weathered the snow flurries while speaking with students of Wilmington College who were excited to tour the hauler, participate in a scavenger hunt and take our career exploration survey.

Wilmington College Career Services

Nina Talley, Director of Career Service at Wilmington College was kind enough to talk to us about how students prepare for the workforce before, during, and after graduation. Ms. Talley shared her expertise and helped us understand what qualities are most attractive to a potential employer when new graduates set out on their professional career path.